He truly regretted it. Without these fields, his family would lose one of their primary sources of income.
"What, our land can't be registered under the scholar's name anymore? Why is that? Ke didn't mention it to us," the man immediately changed his expression upon hearing this.
How could he not have heard about such a thing? Could it be that he left too early this morning and Qing Ke didn't have time to tell him?
"No way, we need to go back and ask what's going on!"
Saying this, he hurriedly turned around and strode away, completely ignoring the scholar who was trying to speak with him.
Meeting a scholar or two didn't matter, but the land involved their family's livelihood. If taxes had to be paid to the county government, the family's income would certainly be reduced.
"Brother Qing Ke didn't tell them? Could he be waiting to say something until after the wheat is harvested?" An Que's eyes were filled with more doubt.
